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Charles Boycott, The Hated English Land Agent Whose Name Inspired The Word ‘Boycott’
After Charles Boycott tried to evict a number of his tenant farmers in 1880, locals in County Mayo, Ireland, fought back by ostracizing him — leading to the term "boycott."
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